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A 70-year-old local resident was killed Tuesday when his mobile home was destroyed by fire.
Taylor Garretson of Greene County was crowned the 2025 Mississippi Miss Hospitality Saturday evening at the Historic Saenger Theater in Hattiesburg. With 47 contestants competing for the title, ...
This year’s Fireworks and Freedom Celebration has been moved from Main Street in Leakesville to the Greene County Rural Events Center on High School Road due to ongoing renovations at Green Park.
From Staff Reports Despite having done so just over a year ago, a group of roughly 1,300 registered Greene County voters will be asked to go back to the polls later this summer to vote in a special ...
The good night for incumbents continued Tuesday as results from municipal elections in McLain and State Line were reported. In McLain, voters unanimously chose to give incumbent mayor Steve McCluskey ...
McKay Bray, a lifelong resident of Leakesville, has announced her candidacy for town alderman in the upcoming municipal election on Tuesday, June 3. Her campaign centers on a clear, community-focused ...
It is the Christian understanding that “long ago, at many times and in many ways,” God spoke to His people through the prophets (Heb 1:1 ESV), and that He has in fact spoken to His people through two ...
With the launch of this column recently, we officially set sail on a grand and far-reaching journey that will eventually take us from the uttermost reaches of the cosmos to the very depths of human ...
Special to the Herald A local woman who has represented her hometown and county on a variety of different stages is asking her friends and neighbors in the City of Leakesville to support her bid to ...
Charges against Drexler Dwight Johnson have been upgraded to capital murder in connection to the triple homicide that sent shockwaves through the State Line Community on New Year’s Day. According to a ...
By RUSSELL TURNER Herald Editor The Black bear population in Mississippi is growing and so are bear sightings around the state. Sightings in Greene County are growing too, but have been limited mostly ...
From Staff Reports __________ A Sand Hill woman has been indicted in Greene County on charges she stole tens of thousands of dollars from a rural water utility. Peggy Watson Maxie, 50, of 7792 Oil ...